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Earlier this week, we reported that the Italian government had threatened Apple with another fine – “and possible temporary closure of its operations in Italy” – if Apple did not amend its warranty policy to comply with the law of European Union (EU).

We reported earlier this week that Italian anti-trust regulator had fined Apple a total of US$1.2 million for failing to adequately inform its customers about their rights to product guarantees and assistance.

Italy’s anti-trust body has imposed a fine on Apple Inc, ordering the tech giant to pay a total of 900,000 euros for failing to adequately inform customers about their rights to product guarantees and assistance.

The authority said Apple Sales International, Apple Italia and Apple Retail Italia failed to properly inform customers that they were entitled to two years of free assistance under Italian law. Apple has not commented on this issue so far.